Knowledge to Action Ltd
Registered name: KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION LTD
Part of Knowledge to Action (Holdings) Limited groupKnowledge to Action Ltd made £3m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Knowledge to Action Ltd’s revenue fell 63% to £3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1m and 17 employees. The company is classified under “technical and vocational secondary education” and is based in East Molesey; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Molesey, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.2m | £8.1m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5.6m | £3.2m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.6m | £4.8m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £982k | £1m | −£743k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £776k | £966k | −£853k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £776k | £966k | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £776k | £966k | −£1m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 7.6% | 11.9% | −33.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 45.5% | 59.9% | 51.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £318k | £299k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £24.2k | £35.8k | −£58.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼20.7% | ▼63.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲24.5% | ▼203.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲28% | ▼15.6% | ▼37% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £400k | £89.2k | £129k | £65.5k | £233k |
| Net assets | −£5.3m | −£5m | −£4.2m | −£3.2m | −£4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £12.8m | £3.5m | £4.6m | £3.9m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £52.4k | £38.3k | £35.3k | −£7.6k | £2.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −33.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£58.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲256%
- Now £233k
- Headcount
- ▼37%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Knowledge to Action (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Knowledge to Action Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- FX Capital Ma LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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